AWAY in a Sentence

Learn AWAY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

405 example sentences for AWAY, such as:

1. Don't trifle away your time.
2. I knew right away I made a mistake.
3. Salt water and absence wash away love.
4. When the cat's away, the mice will play.
5. Marianne turned away in great confusion.

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 Meanings and Examples of AWAY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
away
 ad.  from a particular thing or place or position
 ad.  out of the way
Classic Sentence: (203 in 14 pages)
1  Know that, one by one, my friends were snatched away; I was left desolate.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
2  I attempted to speak, but the words died away on my lips.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  I knew right away I made a mistake.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  "She really ought to get away from him," resumed Catherine to me.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
7  As he shook hands and turned away his tragic nose was trembling.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
8  As my taxi groaned away I saw Gatsby walking toward me across his lawn.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
9  Something made him turn away from the window and look back into the room.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
10  I started to turn away but he took a step after me and grabbed my arm.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
11  Pearl laughed, and attempted to pull away her hand.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
12  It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
13  Run away, child," answered her mother, "and catch the sunshine.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
14  The grasp, cold as it was, took away what was dreariest in the interview.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
15  Marianne turned away in great confusion.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  Too much commitment to slip away from the fingers dare ask what.
17  Ask the meatman to trim away the fat edges of the meat.
18  Turning away under a strong attack is a sure recipe for defeat.
19  She jabbered away, trying to distract his attention.
20  The actor moved upstage away from the audience.
21  They drove away slowly to avoid arousing suspicion.
22  She carefully scraped away the top layer of paint.
23  Don't throw away the apple because of the core.
24  Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
25  What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret.
26  Don't trifle away your time.
27  When the cat's away, the mice will play.
28  Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches.
29  Salt water and absence wash away love.
30  Throw away the apple because of the core.